pickerMax: Pick Match to Maximize Advantage over Revealed

In CSJCampbell/throwdown: Strategies for playing the Pairing Game

Description

Select index of active or revealed to give biggest victory by active. If type is "reveal", pick index of active to reveal (always max unless win is not possible). If type is "pair", pick index of revealed to pair (always max unless win is not possible). If multiple matchups are equally advantageous, pick first.

Usage

pickerMax(active, revealed, exclude = NA, type = c("pair", "reveal"))

Arguments

active	numeric vector choices of active player
revealed	numeric vector choices revealed by non-active player for next round
exclude	integer vector of indices of active to exclude when picking active for type reveal.
type	single character, select modality: "pair", pick index of revealed to create pairing. "reveal", pick index of active to reveal.

Value

single numeric

Examples

pickerMax(active = 2, revealed = c(3, 1))
pickerMax(active = 1, revealed = 1:2)
pickerMax(active = 1, revealed = 1)
pickerMax(active = 2, revealed = c(3, 1), type = "reveal")
pickerMax(active = 1:5, revealed = c(3, 1), type = "reveal")
pickerMax(active = rep(5, 5), revealed = 1:5, type = "reveal")
pickerMax(active = rep(5, 5), revealed = 1:5, 
    exclude = 1, type = "reveal")
pickerMax(active = 4, revealed = 4, 
    exclude = 1)

CSJCampbell/throwdown documentation built on May 6, 2019, 9:26 a.m.